Deadly snowstorm slams Western NY, Buffalo metro area with record 6-plus feet of snow

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Deadly snowstorm slams Western NY, Buffalo metro area with record 6-plus feet of snow
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In Orchard Park, New York, 77 inches of snow has fallen.

of 2 to 3 inches per hour once again. This means Buffalo and Watertown will see another round of heavy snow overnight, with additional accumulations of 5 to 9 inches by sunrise Sunday.

The bands will settle to the south of the Buffalo and Watertown metro areas during the day Sunday, bringing an end to the intense lake-effect snow for the most populated areas of the region, but an additional 6 to 12 inches of snowfall is predicted by Sunday evening for areas well south of both Buffalo and Watertown.

Snow showers will likely linger into Monday to the east of lakes Erie and Ontario with additional minor accumulations.What is 'lake effect snow?' Dr. Elizabeth Thomas with University at Buffalo spoke with LiveNOW from FOX's Josh Breslow to explain.said the highest snowfall totals will likely be centered over the Buffalo and Watertown metro areas because of the nearly stationary snow bands into Saturday morning.

Between 2 and 4 feet of total snow is expected to pile up in Buffalo by Sunday, fueled by snowfall rates of 3 inches or more per hour in the heaviest lake-effect bands. Intense localized bands of snow over the Buffalo Southtowns will likely drop more than 4 feet of snow. "That band off of Lake is very impressive – about 20 miles wide," Niziol said. "On either side of the band, you've got partly sunny skies right now, but within the band itself, tremendous snowfall rates."

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